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The surname Reed comes from the Old English Reid, which means either headland or red-haired.
Middle English reed or rede, red. Reid is a Scottish and N. English variant. Our directories teem with the name in all its forms, as is the case with all nicknames taken from the complexion of hair or face. Godwin le Rede, Norfolk, 1273.Hundred Rolls.n epithet surname meaning 'red haired' or 'ruddy complexioned.' The spelling red is modern, like the pronunciation. The e was originally long, and in Chaucer mss. the form is usually reed. In later English it was reede, read, reade; in Scottish reid (Skeat, A Student's pastime, p.